A new blog post by the director and chief transformation officer of the Center for Medicare provides a public update on the progress of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule and compliance among hospitals.
As of January 2023, CMS had issued nearly 500 warning notices and over 230 requests for corrective action plans since the initial...
Amazon is moving to beef up its pharmaceutical offerings and Dollar General has thrown its hat in the ring for healthcare delivery services. Plus, a Health Affairs explainer on private sector healthcare spending.
Amazon already offers a generic drugs through Amazon Pharmacy, but the distribution giant is launching a new program...National News
National healthcare spending is at an all-time high and getting higher every year, but according to new research, somewhere between 15% and 30% of that spending is attributable to administrative expenses -- and a good deal of that spending does not contribute to health outcomes.
Between 1970 and 2019, total U.S. health spending grew...
The success of Medicare Advantage (MA) can't be understated. In the last 11 years, the program has grown to represent nearly 50% of the Medicare-eligible market, a benchmark it will likely pass within the next year.
Arizona MA growth reflects the program's national success. At the Hertel Report's 2020 Winter State of the State, Dan...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its guidance for nursing home visitations during the COVID-19 pandemic this week. Although the guidance relaxes previous regulations, the agency notes its concern for the vaccination rates of nursing home employees. Unfortunately, unlike most other areas of the medical...News
This week a large amount of analysis on how the Affordable Care Act, insurance rates and private insurance faired during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Also, due to increased enrollment during the special enrollment period and the need for health insurance spurred by pandemic-related job loss has encouraged insurance giant...
Throughout the 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to improve maternal healthcare, especially for women of color, nationwide. While disparities in healthcare between race and gender groups are receiving renewed scrutiny, the Biden-Harris administration is also moving to make sexual and...
According to the study, MA costs between 2 and 5.5 percent more than traditional Medicare in comparison to the MSSP program, which saved Medicare 1 and 2 percent in 2016; together MA and the MSSP covered nearly 20 million Medicare beneficiaries.
According to the report, MA savings is lost when payments are boosted for star rating...National News
Health Affairs cites a report that analyzed 2010 MA vs. fee-for services Medicare claims data showing MA is between 9 and 30 percent lower than Traditional Medicare for healthcare spending per enrollee, per month.
In a future study out of Stanford University by Vilsa Curto and colleagues, the researchers write,
We calculate that MA...
